A GOOD READ "WHITE" RICE A HIDDEN DANGER?

 Another article I found that confirmed my suspicions for years now. I grew up with white rice. All my life has been a struggle with weight lost , at 44,  at my heaviest ,240 lbs-5"9" ,I developed diabetes, I immediately quit eating white rice , bread, soda and went on a low carb diet in 6  months my sugar was normal. although it has been a struggle of lost and gain since, I have streamlined my low carb lifestyle with the help of research and technology. I got apps to monitor my carb intake and research food that is allowable. Things I have been posting here. I realized that I didn't have to deprive myself of sweets and things I was use to, just knowing which ones you can eat and allowed. of course EXERCISE is key as well. Slowly I am getting to a point where I feel I am on a diet but just living a lifestyle that suits me and my DNA.

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Rice A Major Cause of Diabetes

Most of us will not agree that rice can cause diabetes. People always linked diabetes with the absorption of too much sugar by the body, but have you ever wondered that the source of diabetes can be linked with other nutrients that our body takes everyday? Rice, for example?I bet no, as the long told myth has always associated this illness with sugar.

As we know, type 2 diabetes is a disease with a startling world growth rate, so much that it is considered an epidemic in certain countries. People with Type 2 diabetes are known as being insulin resistant. Their body is not able to move insulin from the bloodstream into cells where it belongs.
As the sugar levels in the bloodstream rise, people become hypoglycemic and become ill. Type 2 is often considered adult-onset diabetes because it usually happens over a long period of time and is most commonly seen in people with weight management issues. The recent results of a 22-years study now show that it’s not just how much you eat, it’s what you eat that increases your chances for the disease.
The Harvard School of Public Health released the results of the study which watched 350,000 people in four countries over the span of 22 years. Out of those 350,000 people, more than 13,000 developed Type 2 diabetes. Japan and China, where the majority of food eaten was white rice, had a 55 percent higher likelihood of the illness than those in western countries where rice consumption is low.
White rice is considered a major contributor to the disease because of how it is refined. By the time the rice grain goes through the milling process, little of it remains other than starch. Starch and carbohydrates create more glucose and insulin in the bloodstream. Though experts know white rice was a contributing factor, they do admit there are some discrepancies in the study.
The participants were not required to write down everything they ate. The study also wasn’t done just to find a correlation between rice and diabetes. This most recent study was the conjoining of four previously done studies in China, Japan, Australia, and the United States. The scientists took the data and looked at it as a whole, finding a pattern that had to do with rice consumption.
The study heads at Harvard agree that further research is required before they can say with 100 per cent accuracy if white rice does truly have an effect on Type 2 diabetes. For now, they are recommending eating brown rice instead of white. Brown rice has more fiber and vitamins, resulting in a lower glycemic index rating. The glycemic index is used to measure the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar.
A food with a low glycemic index is one that will take longer to digest, thus taking longer to send sugar into the blood stream. Not only are these foods healthier, they result in a more regimented distribution of insulin within the body. For years, doctors have been steering diabetics away from refined sugars which include candies and baked goods. Breads are also on the do-not-eat list, and should be eaten in moderation if at all.
Not surprisingly, Type 2 diabetics who are able to get their diet under control will then start to lose weight. Sometimes, though not common, the need for supplemental insulin is significantly decreased